Improvement in vapor-burners



R. W. PARK.

. 1 Vapor Burner. NQ. 112,373. 121116111911 1111111-11871.

o8 I 'no d@ Y V UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT W. PARK, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN VAPoR-BuRNE'Rs.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 112,373, dated March 7, 1871.

I, ROBERT W. PARK, oi' the city and county of Philadelphia, and- State of Pennsylvania,

l have invented an Improved Vapor-Burner, of

which the following is a description:

` Nature and Object of the Intention.

My burner is designed for lighting purposes, which is accomplished by vaporizin g benzine or other suitable fluid and burning the same by such mechanism as is hereinafter shown and described.

Description of thc Accompanying Drawing.

Figure l is a surface view. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section;

Fig. 3 is a View ofthe outer dome and perforated base.

A is the base of the burner, to which is secured the wick or supply tube B andthe dis.

tributing vaporzingtube 0,. which has a rod or distributer, D.

The tube C is required to have as milch vaporizing-surface as possible .and to be constructed of very thin metal, which leaves a very large internal diameter, and, of consequence, too great al body of -iiuid for the heat to act upon, to correct which the rod or distributer D is placed centrally in it, thereby distributing a very small ,quantity ofthe fluid over the entire interior surface ofthe tube C,

which is readily vaporized.

E is a dome or cap, `which is screwed or otherwise fixed to the base A. It incloses the tube C, leaving an annular space or passage, a, for the passage of the oil or vapor to the openin gs b formed in the bottom ofthe same.

F is a dome,which iits snugly over thedome l E, so that the oil or vapor from it cannot get between them. It has openings c in its base, corresponding in position to the holes in the dome E, thereby forming a direct passage from the space a to the outside ofthe dome F.

G is a perforated saucer-shaped iiange or deector at the base of the dome4 F. Itis sectioned o1' dividedgby radial openings d .betweenkand commensurate in. number with the openings c.

H is a guide andfastening, which takes into one ofthe openings d, to preserve the relative positions of they openings and keep the dome in place.`

The benzine, light oil, or other suitable iluid passes up the wick-tube B from a reservolr into the base A, thence into the vaporizingtube C, where it is distributed against the surface of the same by the rod D, after which it passes oriiows over the top into the space aand passes out the passage'formed by the openings b and c, where it is lighted by applying a match.' The iiame produced impin ges 011 the cup or iiange G and spreads', completely sur- `rounding the outer dome, F, which is raised to a very high degree of temperature, and imparts the same to the interior dome, E, andalso to the tube C. The contained iiuid becomes valporized and passes out the openings in the bases of the domes, producing a brilliant smokeless name.

The vapor-opcnin gs in the base of the outer dome, F, are cone-shaped and larger than those of the inner dome, E, to facilitate the passage of thc oil and vapor and spread the dame.

' The perforations and radial openings in the base G of the dome F supply thenecessary air for combustion.

I do not confine myself to two domes, be-

lieving that the perforated flange or base GV ROBERT W. PARK.

Witnesses:

FRANCIS D. PAs'ronrUs, JOHN YILLE. 

